About me

Hi there, my name is Talya, welcome to Motherhood: The Real Deal, something that has been on my mind for a while. Driven by the pure frustration (and of course amazing experience!) that is motherhood, and my disbelief at how much people don’t talk about or share, I’ve created this platform to get some of the issues and struggles mothers should be aware of out there. Want to chat? Email me on motherhoodtherealdeal AT gmail DOT com.

About Motherhood: The Real Deal

Bold, authentic, straight-talking and hilarious – Motherhood: The Real Deal has had parents nodding in agreement with its mix of sassy thought, unbridled humour, general WTF-ness about motherhood and parenting, SOS tips on how to survive, expert advice and reviews. MTRD blog posts have been syndicated by Scary Mommy, BLUNT Moms, Mamapedia, Mumsnet Bloggers Network, Netmums, Mamalode, and Lose the Cape but to name a few.

Heralded as being one of Netmum’s favourite blogs of 2015, and within the top 1% of UK parent blogs (Tots100), the blog is known across the board for its wit, wisdom and incisiveness.

Today, the blog has evolved to also cover cherry-picked lifestyle updates including travel and leisure, health, beauty and wellbeing, interiors and more and also co-hosts the weekly #coolmumclub linky which is where up to 100 influencers come together to link up their own blog posts. You can also find Talya vlogging over on her own You Tube channel here:

About the author

Motherhood: The Real Deal is run by Talya, a mum to a very intense, amazing little three year old gal who most of the time specializes in driving her round the bend. Having given up the working mum role when she hit 12 months (she was the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief for an online lifestyle platform) she’s sat on both sides of the fence as a working and then stay-at-home mum and like many, has grappled with the issues which come hand in hand with both scenarios.

Having cut her teeth in Public Relations, and then at one of the world’s leading Museums,she has since specialised in online media which specifically where her strengths lie and where she has a deep understanding of the specific needs of the platform, including the creation of engaging, shareable content, the development of social media strategies, and the creation and development of online communities.

She has a strong track record of conceiving and writing content that goes viral, is syndicated; as well as editing previously written works and managing writers. She can curate and write engaging content across a variety of pop culture topics including parenting, food and drink, travel, arts and culture and general trends. You can also find Talya over on LovetoKnow.com as a contributing writer.

[…] are as follows: Kelly at Yes Peas Mumma – Love her sarcastic side of motherhood. Tayla at Motherhood The Real Deal – She doesn’t sugar coat anything and has become a good friend in the blogging world. […]